THE Brompton Ralph and District WI garden meeting at Bedrock Barn, was opened by Mrs Welch, president who welcomed our twenty guests and received apologies from Mrs Elliott, Mrs Martin and Mrs East. After the reading of the minutes and scanning of county
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a woman at the back of a Taunton gym on Saturday night (July 16). This morning detectives arrested a 19-year-old man who had attended Taunton Police Station. He is currently detained
THE blood-stained sign used to attack a Taunton student was shown to Exeter Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday). The court heard that DNA found on the sign matched that of Andrew Betty who, with co-defendants Ross McCormack and Jay Wall, denies murdering
THE Veterans of Normandy held their monthly meeting on Wednesday. The meeting coincided with the funeral of an old comrade, Veteran Ken Manning, a long-serving and popular member of the Somerset Branch of the Normandy Veterans Association, which sadly
HOT spells are enjoyed by most of us, but we shouldn't forget that prolonged and excessive heat presents risks to many, especially the elderly and the very young. Here are a few simple steps we can all take to reduce these risks-Try to avoid going out
ONE of the defendants on trial for the murder of student Lloyd Fouracre was described as "evil" after the alleged attack as he said that the victim would end up in a coffin. Exeter Crown Court heard how Andrew Betty was branded "evil" by co-accused
PEOPLE in Wellington who have had their car radios stolen recently are being asked to come forward by police. The appeal comes after officers seized six radios from the home of a 16-year-old boy. Wellington PC Kim Davidson made the discovery after arresting
THE Men's Senior British Team & Individual Sabre Championships at RAF Cosford saw Taunton's only fighter, Nat Lewis, finish an impressive 42nd from the top class entry of 121. The 15-year-old narrowly went out to Northern Ireland's Steve Fenwick by a
WATCHET youngster Karl Lewis has been selected for the England Fly Fishing Youth Team. The 15-year-old West Somerset Community College student qualified after entering the England Fly Fishing Association Championships at Grafham Lake, near Cambridge.
WHILE most sane people were enjoying the heatwave in their gardens or even on the beach, Minehead Barbarians' players were training hard, in the scorching weather. It was amazing to watch the players running around on Tuesday night carrying eight foot
WELLINGTON players and hopefuls have returned to training with a vengeance, with up to 40 attending the Tuesday and Thursday night sessions overseen by coach John Dunbar. Club chairman Gerald Jenkinson said: "There has been a good turnout of new and
TAUNTON have delayed naming their new team coach, as more applications arrived at the club this week. Club president Jack Matthews said: "I have received one or two interesting applications which need to be considered, so it is better to delay the decision
SOMERSET'S hopes of reviving the fortunes of their championship campaign took a severe battering when they were heavily defeated by Derbyshire at the County Ground. Chasing 471 for victory, they crashed to 127 for nine, which, with Keith Parsons missing
ONE of Somerset's most prolific batsmen in recent years, Jimmy Cook, is back at the County Ground at Taunton in a short-term coaching capacity to help to develop the younger players at the club. During each of the three seasons, the South African was
SOMERSET favourite Keith Parsons will be missing from the cricket scene for at least the next month after breaking the little finger of his left hand whilst batting last weekend. The 33-year-old all- rounder was hit on the hand while trying to fend off
TAUNTON Town entertain Luther Blissett's Chesham Utd on the opening day of the British Gas Business Southern League's Division One (S&W) season on Saturday, August 19. Former Watford and AC Milan striker Blissett scored a hat-trick on his England debut
CREECH St Michael have recruited former Torquay Utd, Bournemouth, Bolton and Dorchester Town goalkeeper Julian Judd as their new assistant manager. Bridport-based Judd, 41, who made over 450 professional appearances, works with the Somerset County League
A RECORD number of teams will compete in this season's Taunton and District Youth League, now sponsored by Tony Pryce Sports. The sports shop chain has taken over sponsorship of the league from the County Gazette which supported the league for two years
MINEHEAD Town player-manager Steve Perkins is confident a good season lies ahead. Perkins said this week: "There were 27 players at training last night and the attitude was excellent. "It was Paul West's first training session with the lads and they
STAR striker Leon Taswell will be making his comeback from a career-threatening injury with Wellington this season. The talented young forward has been out for 18 months but his undoubted ability and pace has attracted a string of senior clubs. Taswell
WELLINGTON started their pre-season friendlies with a 1-1 draw away to Somerset County League side Worle on Saturday, July 15th. New manager Kevin Evans used 18 players during the game with a number of new faces lining up alongside the majority of last
TAUNTON Town manager Gary Domone has been impressed by his side's first two friendly performances. Town travelled to Clyst Rovers on Monday, July 17th, and scored freely to win 6-2. Two goals came from Alexis Piper, and the others from Loris Ghiglia
A SCHEME aimed at making Wellington a safer and more pleasant place to drink and socialise has started this week. Publicans and licensees from across the town met in the Barley Mow pub in Rockwell Green on Tuesday to set the foundations for a new Pubwatch
A TAUNTON man who is off work sick claims he is slipping into debt because the benefits system at the district council has "ground to a halt". Richard McConachie is unable to pay his rent because the computers handling payments have been shut down.
FRANK Webber one of Wellington's most familiar faces died on Saturday after a rich life spanning nearly a century. The 94-year-old is well known in the town and held a variety of jobs including working as a gravedigger, a road sweep and many will remember
Porlock village hall was awash with the scent of lovingly-tended blooms yesterday as Porlock Vale Horticultural Society's annual summer show got under way. For a full report and results, see next Thursday's County Gazette.
CONTROVERSIAL plans for wind farms on land owned by Somerset County Council have been criticised as "desperate" by West Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger. He said this week the scheme could see wind turbines on school playgrounds. Mr Liddell-Grainger
POLICE in Taunton have released CCTV images of three men who may hold vital clues to the identification of a rapist who attacked a young woman on Saturday night. The men (pictured) are being asked to come forward by detectives who are investigating the
A SECOND post mortem has failed to determine the cause of death of Taunton murder victim Roger Denslow. The inquest into the death of Mr Denslow, 40, of Wheatley Crescent, opened and adjourned last Thursday, heard how his body was found by a group of
LUXBOROUGH village fete has raised more than £3,000 for village funds, organisers said this week. The annual fete is the main fundraiser for the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, and the village hall. Fete committee chairman Kathleen Scott said:
AN AVON and Somerset police chief has admitted "teething problems" after the force's forensic medical services were contracted out to a private firm. The admission follows a list of complaints seen by the County Gazette, including: - Many of the firm's
HOUSING officials in West Somerset have defended their record on providing affordable homes for people on low incomes in the face of criticism from an independent watchdog. The Audit Commission has called on West Somerset Council to do more for residents
IRON Age villagers living on a Wiveliscombe settlement 2,000 years ago could have been living behind the times - experts have revealed. The discovery that villagers may have been living in round houses much longer than recorded, was revealed as engineers
MATRONS at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital have hit out at claims of redundancies in their department saying they are damaging morale. The move has come after the County Gazette was contacted by a member of the public, who the County Gazette has agreed
TWO Minehead men are starting jail sen tences after a drunken attack in which their victim had two teeth knocked out, suffered a black eye and temporarily lost his memory. David Hetherington, 23, of Hawthorn Road, Minehead, and Andrew Scovell, 22
STUDYING woodpigeons as they came in to feed in a cornfield, I sat quietly out of sight in a makeshift hide under a thick hedge and marvelled at the ease with which I was able to get fantastic close views of other birds. To one side, and only just in
STUDYING woodpigeons as they came in to feed in a cornfield, I sat quietly out of sight in a makeshift hide under a thick hedge and marvelled at the ease with which I was able to get fantastic close views of other birds. To one side, and only just in
STUDYING woodpigeons as they came in to feed in a cornfield, I sat quietly out of sight in a makeshift hide under a thick hedge and marvelled at the ease with which I was able to get fantastic close views of other birds. To one side, and only just in
THE Brompton Ralph and District WI garden meeting at Bedrock Barn, was opened by Mrs Welch, president who welcomed our twenty guests and received apologies from Mrs Elliott, Mrs Martin and Mrs East. After the reading of the minutes and scanning of county
